Hyderabad, Oct 18th: The death of the physically challenged Agricultural Officer of Mehboobnagar district has snowballed into a major controversy with the woman officer holding Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Mahila President and Devarkadra MLA Sita Dayakar Reddy responsible for her mental torture and death, in her dying declaration. The AO Devarkadra mandal, Rajeswari, belonging to Backward Class was reportedly humiliated by Sita Dayakar Reddy over sanction of 90 per cent subsidy on sprinklers, which led to her allegedly setting herself on fire on the night of Oct 14.
She was rushed to the Apollo DRDO hospital here with serious burns injuries and died early on Oct 18, leading to an uproar by the women's organizations, other state Agricultural Officers and political parties, who demanded the arrest of Ms Sita Dayakar Reddy. Home Minister P Sabita Indira Reddy said the police at Marikal had already registered a case on the death of Rajeswari three days back. They were awaiting reports before initiating action.
Andhra Pradesh Small Scale Industries Minister D K Aruna assured vociferous demonstrators who had also met Ms Sabita Reddy and demanded action that this would be done after getting the investigation report. State Agricultural Commissioner Sunil Sharma ordered a departmental inquiry into the death of Rajeswari. Meanwhile, police dispersed demonstrators who also set up road blocks with officer's body arriving at Mehboobnagar this evening. The demo was by district backward classes and an organization of physically challenged.
Direct flight to Singapore Posted on 19-Oct-2009
Visakhapatnam, Oct 18th: The port city which has been waiting to have direct air service to Singapore will get this shortly with Silk Airlines Corporation interested to introduce the air service likely from January 2010. It has intensified its plan of action in this regard and is now planning to ply ...
Singareni to setup plant in T-state Posted on 19-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 18th: The state-owned Singareni Collieries will set up a 600 MW power plant at a cost of Rs.2, 700 crore (Rs.27 billion) in Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, who will shortly lay the foundation stone for the project to come up in the backward Telangana reg...
India's longest flyover thrown open Posted on 20-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 19th: : Access to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, about 30 km from the city, has now become smoother and faster with India's longest flyover thrown open to traffic on Monday. The 11.633-km long PVNR Expressway, named after former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha ...
Approval for 1000 new polytechnics Posted on 20-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 19th: A new scheme of setting up 1,000 polytechnics across the country has been approved by the Centre to create more job opportunities for youth and arrest migration of rural youth to urban areas in search of jobs, Union Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V Naray...
3 IRBs to be set up in state soon Posted on 20-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 19th: Keeping in view of the terror attacks, the police authorities are planning to set up three Indian Reserved Battalions (IRBs) in the state soon. Speaking to reporters here on Monday, the additional director general of police, Mr. A.K Khan revealed his department’s plans about...
Rajiv Swagruha beneficial for all Posted on 20-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 19th: Andhra Pradesh Rajiv Swagruha Corporation Senior General Manager (Marketing) Bharat Reddy said the 'Rajiv Swagruha' scheme was beneficial for all sections of the people as the Corporation was providing houses at 25 per cent less than the market value. He said the State Go...
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